ArticleBMJ open2021
Change in prevalence of psychological and economic abuse, and controlling behaviours against women by an intimate partner in two cross-sectional studies in New Zealand, 2003 and 2019.
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- Help-Seeking by Women and Men After Experiencing Any IPV, Including Physical, Sexual, and Psychological IPV, Controlling Behaviors, or Economic Abuse: A Population-Based Study From New Zealand.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
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- Reported Experience of Family Violence in the New Zealand SUDI Case-Control Study.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Determinants of nonphysical intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study with nationally representative data from Canada.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Emotional violence within intimate partner violence against Turkish women in rural and urban areas.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Economic Abuse by An Intimate Partner and Its Associations with Women's Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Evidence of Gender Asymmetry in Intimate Partner Violence Experience at the Population-Level.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Child marriage and its association with partner controlling behaviour against adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC global and public health · 2023Article
- Association Between Women's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Self-reported Health Outcomes in New Zealand.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Association Between Men's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Self-reported Health Outcomes in New Zealand.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Relational Mobility and Other Contributors to Decline in Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
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- Intimate partner violence and physical health in England: Gender stratified analyses of a probability sample survey.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectivesChanges in reported lifetime prevalence of psychological abuse, controlling behaviours and economic abuse between 2003 and 2019, and past 12-month prevalence of psychological abuse by an intimate partner were examined.
designCross-sectional analysis. SETTING AND
participantsData came from two surveys of family violence in New Zealand, conducted in 2003 and 2019. Respondents were ever partnered women aged 18-64 years old (2003 n=2673; 2019 n=935).
main outcome measuresPrevalence rates for psychological abuse, controlling behaviours and economic abuse were compared between the two study years using logistic regression. Sociodemographic and economic correlates of each abuse subtype were investigated. Interactions were examined between sociodemographic factors and the study year for reported prevalence rates.
resultsThere was a reduction in reported past 12-month experience of two or more acts of psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) from 8.4% (95% CI 7.3 to 9.6) in 2003 to 4.7% (95% CI 3.2 to 6.2) in 2019. The reported lifetime prevalence of two or more acts of controlling behaviours increased from 8.2% in 2003 (95% CI 7.0 to 9.5) to 13.4% in 2019 (95% CI 11.0 to 15.7). Lifetime prevalence of economic IPV also increased from 4.5% in 2003 (95% CI 3.5 to 5.5) to 8.9% in 2019 (95% CI 6.7 to 11.1). Those who were divorced/separated or cohabiting, and those living in the most deprived areas were more likely to report past year psychological IPV, lifetime controlling behaviours and economic abuse. A higher proportion of women who were married or cohabiting reported controlling behaviours in 2019 compared with 2003.
conclusionWhile the reduction in reported past year psychological IPV is encouraging, the increase in the lifetime prevalence of controlling behaviours and economic abuse from 2003 to 2019 is worth critical evaluation. Results highlight potential gaps in current IPV prevention programmes, the need to identify and address underlying drivers of abusive behaviour and the importance of measuring multiple forms of IPV independently.
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